kjer stands for "Kansas Jeremy." Yahoo screwed up things and added the rest. My good grrrl's name is "Julie Jane Russell Because She Ain't No Jack" but we just call her Julie and a host of nicknames (Mz. Demeanor, Land Shark, God Damn it!, etc.) BIO Born in North Dakota, learned to talk in Texas, early elementary years in southern Michigan near Lake Huron, brief time in Miami Beach (during WWII), back to Michigan. Parents divorced and we moved back to northcentral Kansas, which became my adopted home (although folks were 4th or 5th generation Kansans). At 18, joined USAF and served a year in Korea (after the cease-fire) and two in southern Japan; however, the only foreign country I served in was pre-Civil Rights movement Gulf Coast Mississippi! :) My Air Force job was control tower operator, then later worked in headquarters administration. Returned to Kansas, got married to wife number 1 and got a college degree (or two plus) and taught public school (8th Grade English) for 4 years. Adopted two mixed-race children (girl and boy). Spent a year ill and unemployed then began working for 25 years with mentally and multiply challenged folks in State institutions. Divorced after 25 years (amicably), endured 4 years of bachelorhood, then married wife Number 2. (Both fine women, by the way.) Retired for five years then got a part-time college instructor position, teaching Freshmen how to write at the college level for another five years, then retired a second time. Still with wife No. 2.
My first identity was as an artist. Later, also became a writer. Wrote about about nine multi-volumed science-fantasy novel manuscripts. Was given very encouraging rejections by editiors, but just never seemed to be what met their publishing needs. Gave up art (pastel pencils and fine-line ink drawings, mostly) for about 10 years due to operations on wrists that messed up coordination in fingers and created involuntary releases of my grasp. (It's very discouraging to spent 40 hours on a fine-line ink drawing only to drop the pen on it in the last hour or two.) Finally decided that avenue of expression was no longer viable for me and concentrated by creative efforts into writing. Then, about four years ago, I discovered the worlds of Bryce, Poser, and Vue and have been able to go back to my first love; art.
My association with Renderosity has been wonderful. In my gallery I get to combine both my creative loves: writing and art. I appreciate very much the responses and comments of viewers and thank those special few who keep comming back to my gallery. Interests in no particular order: 3D Graphic arts, writing (poetry and novels), photography, science-fiction and fantasy, science in general, astronomy (especially Mars and extra solar planets), ecology.
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Comments (25)
pakled
Matronauts? Mom's on Mars?..;) great pic.
bigbadelf
Great job reworking it! I find the rover to be much more interesting in this version, which is good because it shows off your handiwork better.
Ruud
Great impression.
Bungalo
:O It's big...
RodsArt
Cool Pic, great sense of scale & expanse!
masterst
a excellent Si Fi picture
lemonjim
Good going Ethel! Real textures and scale are excellent! The rover is seriously big and comfortable, like a Cadillac "Marscalade"! This could easily be a Popular Science cover next month.
shayhurs
LOL; Hope she has a really strong solution for cleaning that contact in case there is life on Mars.
Toni_Marroni
Great idea and excellent work!!!!
AnneCHPostma
Very nice composition !
Beemer
Excellent image!... Great comments!... Terrific improvements!... = Spectacular results!...
stealthman
Awesome work! Love the design of the transport and the girls! Excellent!
shadowdragonlord
Great atmosphere, it actually IS very Mars-like! Only the background terrain is a bit low res, blocky... But the lighting and modeling is very cool!
RG19
Superb Sci-Fi scene! Excellent atmosphere and details!
RETIRED
The rover is tops. Your concept of Mars is just what I see on the NASA site - whenever they post pictures (never enough). Women on Mars? darn right - why not? Learn what high radiation and low gravity does on their physic. cooper muscles for one thing. . Keep the great work coming my friend. :-)
kjer_99
Shadowdragonlord, yes, the terrain tends to be blocky but there is nothing I can do about it. That's how the B5 Terrain Editor makes it and it is a great source of frustration to me. Thanks, Everybody, for the nice comments. Very encouraging. Wait until you see the scene I'm working on from inside the Rover. I'm adding a control panel with holographic "instruments" that actually glow in the dark! Be awhile before you get to see it, though. Jeremy (Kjer)
kjer_99
Bungalo, if you think the MR5 is big, wait until you see the MR4. It makes the Rover Five look tiny. There is a reason for both being so large-sized. The yet-to-be-seen MR4 is literally a mobile mars scientific exploration base. These are vehicles for a time when there are actually human settlements on Mars, but these units go out for three months or more at a time, only coming back to resupply and do R&R for the crew (or spend time with their loved ones). The MR4 has a crew of about 20 people, and also serice the three crews of the MR5s, which vary from 3 to 5 persons. The smaller "scouts" extend the reach of the larger MR4's exploration range and their crews live in their own vehicles, but they may come over to the larger vehicle for a "day in the park." (There is one on board!) Or to use the larger labs for research and experiments. They are also useful in helping scout routes that can accommodate the larger vehicle.
kjer_99
Pakled, sure there's mom's on Mars. The woman looking at her wrist computer is even a grandma! Two others are mothers. Only the woman with the bodysuit in the Rover is more interested in her career than having a significant other or children. Actually, I think serious consideration should be made for the first human crew to be all women, instead of all men. Women tend to function better in crisis than men. How's that for a dangerous generalization? Ha!
Euxeb007
Is it your Rover model ? It's excellent !
dunedan
Great, it looks better now ehen the people arent all posing in the same way:) btw well done!
kjer_99
Eixeb007. amazingly enough, yes it is all my own modeling, although I did get the techno materials from the Net and then reworked them slightly.
dickbill
Today is a great day to post on Mars by the way. Your sky is perfect. I like it.
shadownet
At the scene of the Lunar (or Marsar?) Rover breakdown..... I don't understand this, she said to Marg, glancing at her watch. He said he'd be here, over an hour ago! I'm tired of waiting, Marg huffed, I am out of here!
wingnut55
really nice and rather retro style. i like the size of the rover, need to travel in a bit of comfort.
LudyMelltSekher
My dear friend Jeremy; Very Beautiful work, Excellent!! All you artwork is Beautiful!!Many Congratulations!! Thank you very much for you gift!!! hug from Ludy